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Duty of a King, Father and Spiritual Master

When Bhishma Pitamah was about to leave their body,  Lord Krishna asked King Yudhishthir to get knowledge about the King, how a King should do his duty because Bhishma Pitamah knows it very well. In Reply Bhishma Pitamah stated this verse in Srimad Bhagwatam (1.9.27), the duty of a pious king, a father and a spiritual master. दानधर्मान् राजधर्मान् मोक्षधर्मान् विभागश: । स्त्रीधर्मान् भगवद्धर्मान् समासव्यासयोगत: ॥ २७ ॥ Rāja-dharma is a great science, unlike modern diplomacy for political supremacy. The kings were trained systematically to become munificent and not merely be tax collectors. They were trained to perform different sacrifices only for the prosperity of the subjects. To lead the prajās to the attainment of salvation was a great duty of the king. The father, the spiritual master and the king are not to become irresponsible in the matter of leading their subjects to the path of ultimate liberation from birth, death, diseases and old age. When these primary duti...